A development team has floated a plan to build 12 single-family homes at the former Full Life Gospel Center property at 183-185 Norfolk St. in Dorchester. The once-thriving church has been vacant since it went into foreclosure in August 2024, according to county property records.
Since that time, development plans have been in the works, with the first public proposal aired at an online abutters’ meeting on April 28, even though no official plan has been filed with the city’s Planning Department.
“This is workforce housing, and these are meant to be starter homes, and we are working with the Mayor’s Office of Housing on this project,” said Derric Small, an attorney who represents an LLC controlled by Steven Guard of Hanover. “They are 100 percent affordable and at 100 percent AMI (area median income). We estimate the cost will be about $400,000 to $425,000 per unit.”…